A curious cat gets into a sticky predicament.
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Month: December 2012
Blah blah blah book
Just words blah, blah and blah, nothing more. The pleasure of reading!
The Blah blah blah book concept/idea is by gogelmogel and was handmade by apapap.
Full Moon Credenza
This Full Moon credenza is by Designer Sotirios Papadopoulos. A striking credenza with a photorealistic luminous image of the moon printed on its surface, in a limited edition of 24. Coated with ELI (Eco Light Inside — an eco-friendly material developed by designer Sotirios Papadopoulos) which creates a realistic glowing effect when the lights go out. The Full Moon Credenza ships with an accompanying CD of original music designed specifically for this piece.
The Octopus Chair
The Octopus Chair – Ancient marine life sculpted by modernity. The Octopus Chair is the first piece in the Animal Chair collection by designer Maximo Riera.
Mix Tape USB Stick
Do you remember in the days before digital music and MP3 players? The days of mix tape collections of music? If you miss making mix tapes the Mix Tape USB will give you back that nostalgic feeling with a modern twist.
The Mix Tape USB Stick is a 1GB USB memory stick that can store up to 900 minutes of digital music. Create your own mixes, write the playlist on the cover, and give to a friend or keep for yourself.
Grab one at SuckUK.
Saturn’s Dark Side
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, which has been in orbit around Saturn for more than eight years, has delivered a rare backlit view of the planet and its rings.
The image was taken in October 2012 during Cassini’s 174th orbit around the gas giant when it was deliberately positioned within Saturn’s shadow.
On Oct. 17, 2012, during its 174th orbit around the gas giant, Cassini was deliberately positioned within Saturn’s shadow, a perfect location from which to look in the direction of the sun and take a backlit view of the rings and the dark side of the planet. Looking back towards the sun is a geometry referred to by planetary scientists as “high solar phase;” near the center of your target’s shadow is the highest phase possible. This is a very scientifically advantageous and coveted viewing position, as it can reveal details about both the rings and atmosphere that cannot be seen in lower solar phase.
See a larger image at NASA’s website.
Adventures in Science Fiction Cover Art: Pyramids (spaceships + future earthscapes + alien temples)
(Jack Faragasso’s cover for the 1971 edition of The Pyramids from Space (1970), Jack Bertin and Peter B. Germano)
This post is in a series on the interaction between television/film and science fiction cover art (The Statue of Liberty on Pre-1968 Magazine and Novel Covers and Cosmic Fetuses + Other Uterine Spaces). In the former, the scene at the end of Planet of the Apes (1968) drew directly on pre-existing pulp science fiction art tropes. In the later, Kubrick’s baby in a balloon scene in 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) inspired many artists to reproduce the image of the cosmic fetus. There isn’t a direct line of influence in this post between these covers and Stargate (1994) and its sequels. I simply seek to illustrate that there has always been an obsession, verging into the sci-fi genre, with re-interpreting
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Simon’s Cat in ‘Hot Spot’
A demanding cat goes to great lengths in order to warm up and become the centre of attention.
The Markr 